She needs to read the book ‘Unbroken’ about Louis Zamperini who turned his life around and found redemption after being dragged by his wife to one of Billy Graham’s meetings.
From his biography-”On a routine reconnaissance run, Louis’ aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean. He and another crew member survived in a life raft for 47 days, drifting 2000 miles, into Japanese-controlled waters. His rescuers were also his torturers, as the Japanese put Louis into a series of prison camps. One particular guard wanted to make an example of the eternally optimistic Olympic runner, and for two years this guard tried to break Louis’ spirit with verbal and physical cruelty.
Louis outlasted the guard, and when the war ended, Louis returned to Torrance, California to a hero’s welcome. He partied with celebrities and married a debutante, but his life was spinning out of control due to a lack of direction. It was a chance meeting with young evangelist, Billy Graham, that changed Louis’ life for good. He decided to become a missionary to Japan, preaching the gospel of forgiveness to the very guards who had tormented him during the war. His book, “Devil at My Heels” was an astounding record of Louis’ life. Upon his return to the States, Louis created the Victory Boys Camp for wayward youth, where he taught other juvenile delinquents the skills to succeed in life.”
It’s a story about faith, hope, love, forgiveness & compassion; traits this young person must have grown up without. Easily the most riveting, page-turner I’ve ever read. (The movie only told a third of his story...)
Of course anyone who calls themselves a writer for “Teen Vogue” probably isn’t much of a reader.....
I didn’t see your post, but yes...I had the same thought.
I thought the movie was okay. But I feel that it could have been a classic if they had delved into his postwar life.
How that man could go to Japan and forgive those guards...REALLY forgive them, was almost unbelievable to me, and that was, to me, the most AMAZING part of the story. And they didn’t even touch on it.
Didn’t even mention that most amazing aspect of his life. That the power of God, unlocked to him by Billy Graham, allowed him to forgive those men who had so viciously and sadistically tortured and mistreated him.
To forgive them in his heart. My God.